Autonomous 3D Robot Doc Gets X-Ray Powers With DIY A.I.

                   
bigblog.com     May 9, 2008            

Surgeons already operate on patients using the Da Vinci surgical system's robotic arms (right), but Stephen Smith and his team at Duke (left) are now training bots to perform in the OR by themselves. (Photographs Courtesy of Duke University, Intuitive Surgical) [read full story]                    

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Duke Scientists Report Success with Early Autonomous Robot Surgeries

medgadget.com     May 9, 2008          

Investigators at Duke are all enthused with a possibility of autonomous robots one day operating on your autonomic nervous system, and other parts: Engineers at Duke University believe that the results of feasibility studies conducted in their laboratory represent the first concrete steps toward...                    

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Cancer Survivors Meet Lifesaving Surgical Robot: Device Improves Doctors' Precision

redorbit.com     May 11, 2008          

By Maki Becker, The Buffalo News, N.Y. May 11--Dan Nelson got the chance Saturday to meet the robot that saved his life. This past fall, Nelson, 77, a retired water treatment plant worker from Jamestown, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.                    

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